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From this link Social Bookmarks, scroll down and read about Social Bookmarking Tools. Skip the video.
Write your own definition of Social Bookmarks at the top of your page.
Then continue in the site and read The Top Sites for Social Bookmarking Tools.
Go to each of the six sites listed and take a look. Write your own description for each one of the six listed and put that under your definition of Social Bookmarks.

Then look at this site:
Top 10 Sites for Bookmarking and Annotating
and compare it to the one above. Write a description for the ones that were not on the first list. Put those descriptions on your page.


Watch this Prezi: Social Bookmarking

Then answer the following questions:


Social Bookmarking for Educators We will do this exercise together (Mrs. Shinn)
Watch the first two videos and answer the questions below.


A Closer Look at Stumble Upon:

Read the link, including the comments below the article.
Stumble Upon update


Then follow the steps below:
Stumble Upon and You (created by Blake 2nd Period)
1. Make a account for stumbleupon @ http://www.stumbleupon.com
2. Choose a subject that you are currently interested in.
3. Start stumbling!
4. If you find something incredible you may email the article or picture to yourself or someone else. Email something cool to cshinn@asheboro.k12.nc.us
5. After Stumbling for a while write in the Moodle journal what you thought of the website and social bookmarking in general.
6. What uses do you think Stumbleupon could have?
7. Did you find anything exceptionally interesting? What? If no, why not?
8. Would you suggest this website to others? Why?

Go to the **Media Center LiveBinder**(from the school webpage, click on the Library/Media Center main page button and open the "binder")


Find the tab for Study Skills.
Examine some of the sites and write in the Moodle Journal about three (3) Study Skills sites that you like. Tell why you like them.
Would you recommend to a friend? How would you use them in your personal life? Put your answers in the Moodle journal.

Open your own **LiveBinder** account. Put a LiveBinder link on your browser. Create a binder and share it with me.